One of the proposals in the $1.18 billion Pima (Ariz.) County budget to be approved by its board on Tuesday is a $1.75 million down payment -- which would be deducted from $5 million set aside for
road repairs -- on the purchase of 167 acres of land near the Kino Sports Complex to build 19 soccer fields. County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry termed the
proposed land purchase as both a “game changer” and possibly “the most important strategic sports acquisition made by the county in decades.” Read the original story...